AGAIN: Politico Freaks Out Over Kamala Criticism On Spanish-Language Miami AM Radio

The latest entry in the media’s ongoing meltdown over Spanish-language AM talk radio in the Miami market comes via Politico and was aptly titled “Democrats riled by Spanish-language radio attacks on Kamala Harris.” But why was it that they’re “riled,” and what purpose did this item serve?

It appears that the story was built entirely on a December 13th Twitter post by prominent Democratic consultant and MSNBC regular. Fernand Amandi, in which he denounced an apparent “pro-active, clearly organized effort to demonize and malign the image + reputation of (Vice President Kamala Harris) on Spanish-language radio in South Florida.”

Although its authors admit in the eighth paragraph that “there is no definitive proof of a coordinated campaign attacking Harris on South Florida radio,” they nonetheless used those claims as the basis of this weirdly-timed story from which several takeaways emerge.

First, it used the anti-Kamala conspiracy to call for a defensive encirclement of the vice president in order to make him more attractive ahead 2024. Readers of this byline will recall the “Daughter of Immigrants” op that was run by corporate Latino media ahead of the 2020 election, crafted in an attempt to make Harris palatable to Hispanics nationally.

This is the result ThisRecent Politico item, you can expect a surge of positive fluff pieces on Harris that are specifically crafted so as to build a commonality with Hispanics for consumption outside of her California comfort zone. Nobody should be surprised if Univision/Telemundo attempt to do a complete reset of Harris in the wake of the midterms or 2024.

Second, the piece laid a predicate for further items on “Spanish-language disinformation.” Former Miami-area Congresswoman Debbie Múcarsel-Powell (D), who is actively engaged in efforts to silence Spanish-language conservative media, actively promoted the story. False or true, the allegations of anti-Kamala conspiracies fit very well with the ongoing efforts to intimidate and bully Miami Spanish-language conservative radio talk radio stations into conforming with the left.

This is in many ways a lingering result of the 2020 Presidential election. Hispanics have seen a rise in Trump’s performance, which was due to disinformation about Spanish-language. The first year of Biden’s term saw Trump’s overperformance turn into disapproval from Hispanics. 

Miami’s Spanish-language conservative talk radio is the only one that isn’t under control by the left or its corporate media. Items that Univision and Telemundo may suppress or otherwise omit (for example, Harris’ catastrophically bad polling and the media’s hyping of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s over Harris as a potential Biden successor) will absolutely coverage on Miami’s AM dial.

As the Biden-Harris administration continues to struggle with such things as COVID, passing its agenda, crime, education, and immigration, critical coverage can be expected to intensify on Spanish-language talk radio in Miami. The pace at which stories like Politico‘s.

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